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South Korea's inflation expected to hit 14-year high in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's headline inflation is expected to hit a 14-year high this year on growing inflationary pressures both from the demand and the supply sides, a central bank report said Tuesday.
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Feels like my first film again : Anushka Sharma on returning to the sets
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 21 (ANI): Actor Anushka Sharma has returned to film sets after almost three years (given the pandemic and her maternity break) with 'Chakda Xpress' and she could not be happier.
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Content of textbooks rationalised in view of COVID-19 pandemic: NCERT
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): National Council of Educational Research and Training(NCERT), an autonomous organisation of the government, Director Prof Dinesh Prasad Saklani on Monday said that rationalisation of content in the textbooks will be done in view of the COVID-19 pandemic t
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New Zealand reports 4,024 new COVID-19 community cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand recorded 4,024 new community cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths from the pandemic, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.
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'Yoga for all', advises WHO Regional Director
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia said that yoga has helped hundreds of millions of people from various countries and cultures during the COVID-19 pandemic in staying healthy as well as highlighted that yoga is for all of h
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Johnson's and Karan Patel celebrate gentle moments on this Father's Day
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): The pandemic not only changed the way the world functioned it also gave rise to a new crop of dads- fathers who are spending a lot more time with their families, especially their little ones.
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Use of ICT in school education in India receives UNESCO's recognition
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The use of information and communications technology (ICT), under a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA by the Department of School Education, Ministry of Education, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, won UNESCO's recognition.
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UN chief warns against stigma, discrimination fueled by internet, social m
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday warned against the stigma and discrimination fanned by the Internet and social media.
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China mobilises retired cadres to stem future dissent
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 19 (ANI): In a move that smacks of totalitarianism in the Xi Jinping era, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is ensuring that the services of millions of retired communist cadres are utilised to meet the twin challenges of a stalling Chinese population and the possibilit
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Hong Kong bans select media outlets from swearing-in of new chief executiv
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 18 (ANI): Hong Kong authorities have banned select media outlets from covering incoming leader John Lee's inauguration, citing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and security reasons.
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Murder convicts out on COVID-19 parole move SC challenging Maha govt's ord
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): A number of murder prisoners have moved the Supreme Court challenging a notification issued by the Maharashtra government directing all prisoners, who were released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to report back to jails for serving the remaining part
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Immune ageing could be due to stress: Researchers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): A new study has explained explains age-related health inequalities, including the unequal toll of the pandemic on people, and identifies potential intervention points.
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